Pearl Jam 5x1 Through the Eye of Lance Mercer (LIMITED EDITION)

HARDCOVER, LIMITED EDITION, OVER 180 COLOR AND B&W PHOTOS WITH COMMENTS FROM PETE TOWNSHEND, BRUCE SPRINGTEEN, MICHAEL STIPE, GLORIA STEINEM, HOWARD ZINN, CAMERON CROWE, KELLY SLATER, AND MORE! Notes From Billboard.com January 2006: In tandem with fellow renowned Seattle photographer Charles Peterson, Lance Mercer in 1998 issued the first Pearl Jam photo book, "Place/Date." But there were plenty of shots that slipped through the cracks, a number of which are in "5x1: Pearl Jam Through the Eye of Lance Mercer." "I've been sitting on an archive of images for quite a long time, and was having coffee with [Pearl Jam bassist] Jeff [Ament]," says Mercer. "We were talking about [how] I have all these Pearl Jam images that nobody's ever seen, like all this behind-the-scenes stuff. And Regan [Hagar, member of Pearl Jam side band Brad] is pretty instrumental in pushing me forward. So we came up with this idea of putting this book together." Asked how the new book differs from the previous one, Mercer offers, "It's a lot more personal. Some live stuff, but not really as much as the last one. The other thing is it's a lot more hands-on. Personal is the key - the images span from the early to the mid '90s ("There's nothing super recent in it," Mercer notes). Two photos in particular are among Mercer's favorites. "There's one where [guitarist] Mike [McCready] is dancing around in his hotel room," Mercer says. "For me, it was one of those days where I think it was a turning point for me, because they were comfortable enough with me that I was able to just hang out in their hotel room and take pictures of them doing their everyday tour thing. There's another one where [singer] Eddie [Vedder] is playing around with the manager's daughter, and it's just really an innocent moment. I really love that shot -- they're in this hallway. Their guard was down and I was able to get some pretty spontaneous moments."